Tech/startups/product
Product ideas, thoughts about running a business, technical nitty-gritty.
It’s happened. I’m officially one of those “good ol’ days” people, at the ripe old age of 35.
Quicksand
I hate how we exist online: a stream of isolated thought-bytes (and thot-bytes) taken out of context and embedded in an algorithmically knitted tapestry from across our acquaintances, crushes, IRL celebrities, tapestry-celebrities and “I-don’t-remember-why-I-started-following-them"s.
Places and culture
I didn’t think I’d write about this much. However, being a nomad became a significant part of my identity and cities became my closest friends so I talk about it now – a lot.
The following is a little loaded and very personal, so if you do read it I am grateful for your time and letting me dampen your mood a little bit.
This question is a popular modern gripe among Asian Americans. Really this bothers the descendant of an immigrant of pretty much any ethnicity, in almost any country.
I understand some of the motivations behind that question – a succinct question and answer to create a rough model of who I am based on their knowledge of the world. What language(s) does he know? What are his core moral values? What kind of culture is he familiar with? Is he religious, and what type? What food might he like? What did he probably study or work on? What are some of his favorite pastimes? And of course, what ethnicity is he? That last question could be anything from idle curiosity to subconscious racist inclinations, and this is the aspect that mostly bothers people.
Meta: writing, life, the world
My least incoherent thoughts about all other things.
Since 2012, building BitGym has been my full time job and I have spent a lot of time researching health and fitness products, services and, more generally, advice. What I’ve noticed is that a lot of what we’re told about tends to be unsubstantiated pseudo-science as often as not, with lots of contradictory advice and weak explanations.
This post is weird because it’s a retroactively written intro to my site after I’ve already drafted and completed a number of essays. But I feel better about writing this intro post this time than every other time I’ve intro’d my blog because I’ve finally developed into a somewhat consistent writer.